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Motor Sports
The RS Spyder sports prototype used in the American Le Mans Series
continued its unique series of wins. The racing variants of the 911 also ranked
highly in Gran Turismo races.
Porsche is credited with being the world’s largest racing car manufacturer.
The Company expanded its involvement in motor sports in fiscal 2007/08,
from club sport to racing with prototypes. A record 325 units were delivered
to customer and partner teams for the 2008 season. Porsche supports these
teams by constantly developing vehicles, dispatching specialists to tracks
and employing eleven works drivers.
The Company’s activities in this field give it valuable experience for the deve-
lopment of its series production vehicles. New technologies can be tested
on race tracks under the most extreme conditions. Porsche’s sports cars,
particularly the prototype RS Spyder and the racing version of the 911,
speed to victory in front of an audience of millions. With an international
network of racing series, Porsche has set up a unique sports program for
its customers.
RS Spyder races to hat trick
The RS Spyder sports prototype, designed in Weissach and used in the
American Le Mans Series by the customer teams Penske Racing and Dyson
Racing, caused an uproar at the world’s top racing series in 2007. Works
drivers not only came first in category “two” for Le Mans prototypes in eleven
of twelve races, but were also able to beat the much more powerful category
“one” prototypes in eight.
This enabled Porsche and Penske to defend the four championship medals
won in 2006 against strong competition. Dyson Racing entered two RS
Spyders for the first time in 2007, debuting in third and fourth place. The
organizers of the American Le Mans Series reacted to this outstanding
success by changing the rules for 2008. The minimum weight threshold was
raised 25 kg to 800 kg.
Throughout the winter, the motor sports department continued to work on
the RS Spyder, for example improving the engine while revamping the
aerodynamics and the drive train. Their painstaking efforts bore fruit:
Porsche and Penske Racing kicked off the 2008 season with a sensational
double victory in the overall points table at the 12 Hours of Sebring race. In
a strong starting field, the works drivers Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas
drove to four further victories in their class. The fast-moving duo made
the podium a total of nine times, and successfully defended the drivers’
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